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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
| commit | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a81ca3665e6153923e40db7b0d988f8573ab59c /static/netbsd/man4/altmem.4 | |
| parent | a59214f344567c037d5776879bcfc5fcc1d4d5f6 (diff) | |
feat: Added NetBSD man pages
Diffstat (limited to 'static/netbsd/man4/altmem.4')
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/altmem.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/altmem.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1c997ec6 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/altmem.4 @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: altmem.4,v 1.5 2014/03/18 18:20:39 riastradh Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.ca> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any +.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived +.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd March 11, 2009 +.Dt ALTMEM 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm altmem +.Nd Alternative memory disk driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "altmem* at altmemdev?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver enables use of physical memory that is normally inaccessible by the +machine-dependent +.Xr pmap 9 +as a swap device. +.Pp +When an alternative memory disk device is present, this device is generally +preferred to hard disk-based swap space. +See the +.Xr swapctl 8 +and +.Xr fstab 5 +man pages for instructions on how to assign priorities to swap devices. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /dev/raltmemXX -compact +.It Pa "/dev/altmem??" +block mode alternative memory disk devices. +.It Pa "/dev/raltmem??" +raw mode alternative memory disk devices. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr md 4 , +.Xr fstab 5 , +.Xr swapctl 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver appeared in +.Nx 6.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Jared D. McNeill Aq Mt jmcneill@NetBSD.org |
